Role Definitions

This section defines the core architectural roles required to realize the homelab’s vision and requirements. Each role represents a logical area of responsibility and governs specific aspects of the system’s design and operation.

Identity and Access

• Identity & Access: Centralized authentication and authorization.
• Remote Access: Secure extension of the home network.

Traffic and Connectivity

• Domain & Naming: Split-horizon DNS and naming conventions.
• Edge & Boundary: Security demarcation and traffic governance.
• Public Ingress: External traffic routing and TLS termination.
• Internal Ingress: Internal traffic routing and authentication enforcement.

Compute and Data

• Workload Placement & Scheduling: Orchestration and self-healing applications.
• Data & Storage: Data integrity, availability, and replication.
• Backup & Disaster Recovery: Recoverability and long-term data protection.

Operations and Governance

• Observability: Health monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Configuration & Documentation: Source of truth, change control, and runbooks.